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Fast Facts
| Product | Dark Trumps – Battle of the Beavers |
| Category | Adult card game (18+) — stat-battle format |
| Price | £11.99 (+ £1.99 UK shipping) |
| Contents | 48 cards — 42 playing cards, 6 information cards |
| Ways to play | Five games in the box, plus two bonus dice modes free online |
| Players | 2+ |
| Age rating | Strictly 18+. Explicit content, nudity references, satirical adult humour. |
| Origin | UK. Independent. Not affiliated with Top Trumps® or Winning Moves. |
| Shipping | Same-day dispatch, Royal Mail 48hr tracked. Ships worldwide. |
| Where to buy | darktrumpsgames.com — direct only |
The one-liner (steal this)
Dark Trumps: Battle of the Beavers is a British adult card game that takes the stat-battle format you played as a kid and drags it somewhere your childhood self would report you for. 42 cards, five games, £11.99, strictly 18+.
Three angles, if you need one
1. The format nobody dared corrupt
The stat-comparison card game is a fifty-year-old British institution. Dinosaurs, supercars, footballers — every generation has a deck. In half a century, nobody made an adult one. Dark Trumps is what happens when someone finally does: same muscle memory, same smug reveal, same argument — content that would end a family Christmas.
2. Built for a shelf that doesn't exist
Mainstream retail isn't built for a game like this, and we knew that when we made it. No supermarket aisle, no family game section, no algorithmic gift roundup. Which leaves a genuinely interesting question for anyone covering independent retail: what happens to a product that's deliberately designed to be unstockable by the mainstream? The answer, so far, is that it sells directly and finds its audience anyway.
3. The couple who made a game about terrible people
Dark Trumps started as a joke between two people with a shared, questionable sense of humour, and a simple question: why do card games always celebrate heroes, vehicles and prehistoric animals? So they flipped it and made one about the worst people they could invent. What began as a gag between friends became a demand to make it properly.
Quotes you can use
Pre-approved and attributable. Ask if you need something specific.
From the founder
"Every card game we grew up with celebrated something — dinosaurs, supercars, footballers. We wanted one that celebrated absolutely nothing."
"A game like this was never going to sit between the jigsaws in a supermarket aisle. That's not a complaint. That's the design brief."
"If you're offended, we've done our job — and you shouldn't buy it. We're not sneaking this past anyone. The warning is on the box."
From the people who've played it
"Ruined my stag do in the best possible way."
"Lads night in, few beers, pulled this out. Four hours later we were still going."
"I raised you better than this. Do not bring this game into my house. Ever."
⚠ Editorial note on content
Dark Trumps is satire. All 42 characters are entirely fictional and the content uses exaggeration and taboo subject matter as comedic devices. It is explicit, it is deliberately offensive, and it is sold strictly to over-18s with a content warning on the box. We're telling you this up front so nothing in the deck surprises your editor. If your publication needs a milder angle, we'd rather you covered the story than the cards.
Images
High-resolution product photography, packaging shots, censored card examples and logo files (light and dark) are available on request — email contact@darktrumpsgames.com and we'll send them straight back.
Card imagery is censored for publication by default. Uncensored versions exist and are available if your publication can carry them — ask.
Free review copies
Writing a gift guide, a review, or a round-up? We'll post you a deck, free, no strings, no obligation to be nice about it. Genuinely — a bad review from someone who actually played it is worth more to us than a polite mention from someone who didn't.
Email contact@darktrumpsgames.com with your publication and a postal address.
Retailers & stockists
If you sell things people shouldn't admit to owning, we should talk. We're open on trade terms, quantities and logistics, and we're realistic about where this product belongs — specialist adult novelty and gifting, not the family aisle.
Email contact@darktrumpsgames.com. No corporate nonsense. Just vibes and invoices.
Want to see it first?
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